Arms Race Research Paper

The very first arms race took place when france and russia challenged britain in the late nineteenth century. The arms race is a very competitive of an increase of quality or quantity. Between the year of 1945 , the united states dropped two atomic bombs on japan to end world one II. All of these events started in 1945 when the united states dropped the first atomic bomb on july 16 in alamogordo New Mexico. The United States also Dropped nuclear bombs. Nuclear bombs are extremely powerful and can destroy and whole city and kill thousands of people. In the 1950’s both countries United States and The Soviet Union worked on developing missiles. the middles could be launched far away such as 3,500 miles. Both countries Soviet Union. This later
Went into the Cuban missile crises. The Cuban missile crises were led by the United States and the Soviet Union. To keep the news from the crisis from spreading the president john F kennedy kept his schedule busy. The Soviet Union leader nikita khrushchev thought that kennedy was weak because the decision that he made on the bay of the pigs as well as the berlin wall. After the crisis from washington d.c. to moscow was established. Fidel castro was not happy when he left out for the negotiations between Khrushchev and Kennedy. Not everyone in the United States was happy about the outcome. Curtis lemay general called it the worst defeat in the United States history. Nakita had wrote a personal letter to John F Kennedy during the cuban missile crisis asking about how they could come to an agreement in order to not go into war. The Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in cuba that could not hit any sites in the United States. The “Cuban missile crisis took place during the cold war that was when the United States and the soviet union stood closer to Armageddon than at any moment of history” (Harvard Kennedy School). During that time president john F Kennedy was the president.

The United States exploded the the H-bomb in 1952 but the bomb was much smaller than the one they had did before.
When that had happened it led to the russians producing an H-Bomb in 1953 and then it wasn't a safe place to live anymore because of so much damage. The whole point of the arms race was just not to try to kill everyone but it was an competitive and serious situation. During the year of of 1945 which was the end of WWII the United States was the sole of atomic power in in the world. The United states refused to give up the secret bom and by 1949 the Soviet union had created their own bomb. The united states leaders decided to rely more on nuclear weapons for defense other than creating their own military voice. Both the United States and the Soviet union hanged their military and people but the United States had more nuclear power they had more weapons and the Soviet Union did not. “If the United States and Soviet Union went into a nuclear war then that will be an horrible destruction” exclaimed (Faunter). Although people think that the arms race was just an war it was not it was a race between two countries known as The United States and The Soviet Union to see who could get the most weapons. There were at least 4 reason to cause the arms race to happen known as “mistrust” , “hiroshima bombing” , “competitive nature” and “power”. The arms race ruined the country's peace because both countries caused mutually assured destruction. The whole world was was in fear
because they was scared and they didn't know what was going to happen. The arms race both affected the two countries United States and The Soviet union in different ways such as financial impact. The United States paid fifty-billion dollars while The Soviet Union paid twenty-five billion. The United States was the only Country possess atomic weapons. By the 1950’s the United States increasingly went up to try to catch up with the Soviet Union leaving them behind. In november 1990 The arms Race between the US and USSR had ended.